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. >> do you think there is a way we can do corporate reform in this environment? >> is extremely difficult but i think one really positive thing that came out of this fiscal debates this time is that for the first time in a long time, the business community unified around a concept of getting our deficit under control. they were not as worried about their individual tax breaks that might go as a result of having some reform. i hope that mood continues. that was a one group does not argue over one other or about accelerated depreciation and so forth. i am more hopeful that a more unified view from the business community is possible this time. >> i want to say one thing -- i'm not fully knowledgeable about this. i was at a meeting earlier today we're in noted tax expert said you cannot do corporate reform and not to individual reform because when we change the parameters, a whole lot of entities shifted from c corporations to other forms that were taxed on the individual side. if you lower rates on the corporate tax and get away with some of the preferences for oil
. >> do you think there is a way we can do corporate reform in this environment? >> is extremely difficult but i think one really positive thing that came out of this fiscal debates this time is that for the first time in a long time, the business community unified around a concept of getting our deficit under control. they were not as worried about their individual tax breaks that might go as a result of having some reform. i hope that mood continues. that was a one group does not...
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you cannot talk about the environment without talking about energy. you cannot talk about energy and the environment without the economy. it is a nation's competitive position. these issues are interrelated. they are representing their people in america's capital. they understand this. they understand the great global issues facing us all are in fact global. we live in a global community. whatever framework of challenges you think we face, and their international. terrorism. extremism. the most insidious of all, in despair. with the framework of despair comes poverty. one man is without dignity, and not much else matters. there will be a consequence. did the human condition will always dictate in the end of the world will respond. i say at the beginning of the book an individual that many of you are familiar with. hornbee.ourtney b i think his greatest work was the history of civilization. it is a large book. i was able to get through a good deal of it. there are many pictures. he make some observations that i think are particularly relevant. i do thi
you cannot talk about the environment without talking about energy. you cannot talk about energy and the environment without the economy. it is a nation's competitive position. these issues are interrelated. they are representing their people in america's capital. they understand this. they understand the great global issues facing us all are in fact global. we live in a global community. whatever framework of challenges you think we face, and their international. terrorism. extremism. the most...
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. >> the interment of the -- environment of the narcotrafficker forces in uncertainty. when they raise an orchard or vineyard and turns it into a poppy field -- when he is not sure what is learned happened to him or his family, they turn to narcotics. it takes three months to grow it. it does not need refrigeration or economic integration, nothing. if we see an increased degree of uncertainty, we would probably see more poppy cultivation. it would be listed economic activities. -- illicit economic activities. the leadership [indiscernible] in the areas where the economy is thriving, we have seen a reduction of narcotics and cultivation of the poppy. in areas where we see most of the fighting, that is where most of the poppies are grown. >> let me close with a final question. jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we loo
. >> the interment of the -- environment of the narcotrafficker forces in uncertainty. when they raise an orchard or vineyard and turns it into a poppy field -- when he is not sure what is learned happened to him or his family, they turn to narcotics. it takes three months to grow it. it does not need refrigeration or economic integration, nothing. if we see an increased degree of uncertainty, we would probably see more poppy cultivation. it would be listed economic activities. -- illicit...
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we need a predictable and fair regulatory environment. the federal government shouldn't pick the winners and losers or subject energy projects to endless and duplicative reviews. such roadblocks have stymied vital projects like the keystone xl pipeline, which must be built. we should stop epa's senseless and ideologically driven battle to ban the production and use of coal. we should continue with the next generation of nuclear power plants. and we should waste no time in pursuing research to develop alternative energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal. by fully embracing america's energy opportunity, we can accelerate growth, create millions of new jobs, free ourselves from some less-than- stable global suppliers, and create huge new revenues for government -- which will help reduce budget deficits. we also have extraordinary opportunities to create growth and jobs through the expansion of trade, investment, and tourism. small and large businesses say they really can't create a lot more jobs without a lot more customers. well,
we need a predictable and fair regulatory environment. the federal government shouldn't pick the winners and losers or subject energy projects to endless and duplicative reviews. such roadblocks have stymied vital projects like the keystone xl pipeline, which must be built. we should stop epa's senseless and ideologically driven battle to ban the production and use of coal. we should continue with the next generation of nuclear power plants. and we should waste no time in pursuing research to...
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that is a very rich interest level, in our current interest- rate environment. you have to wonder if the bank is not just holding on to your loan to maintain a high level of interest? but i wonder if this may be worth your while to try to go to another bank and not refinance with the same company. it has become a much more difficult circumstance to get a mortgage because the banks are still recovering from all of the bad loans that they made during the real-estate mania. >> one other issue that was brought up was the issue of debt-income ratio, and this is something richard spoke about and what he would do with the qualified loans. american hero joe says, what did he mean by 20% of the grossly month in come? explain this issue for us? >> this goes to the heart of the ability to repay the loan issue, that described a little bit ago. we don't want people taking on loans they cannot afford to repay, that leads us to problems. what they have decided is that 43% is the outside level, if your mortgage debt, plus or other debt, with car loans or consumer debt or credit
that is a very rich interest level, in our current interest- rate environment. you have to wonder if the bank is not just holding on to your loan to maintain a high level of interest? but i wonder if this may be worth your while to try to go to another bank and not refinance with the same company. it has become a much more difficult circumstance to get a mortgage because the banks are still recovering from all of the bad loans that they made during the real-estate mania. >> one other...
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you have to do it in a way, this is the long story behind it in terms of protecting the environment when you explore for and ultimately reduce resources from a place like the arctic, the drive behind is the belief that the world will need these energy resources, something like a 1/4 of the world's energy resources from an oil and gas perspective are in the arctic. so that's the -- in such a short period of time, that's really all i can tell you, it's all about doing that right, it's about the scrutiny from regulators and n.g.o.'s and outside parties about whether or not we're doing it the right way but that's what supports the program. >> obviously the arctic, i've been north of the arctic circle a couple of times and it's a very fragile and precious place and more of it is becoming accessible, sadly, to the melting ice. so we've got to be extremely careful there because oil doesn't break up as fast if it spills as it does in warmer ecosystems. those who think a lot about climate change, it's pretty easy to be depressed. it's pretty doom and gloomy when you see how fast this is coming on
you have to do it in a way, this is the long story behind it in terms of protecting the environment when you explore for and ultimately reduce resources from a place like the arctic, the drive behind is the belief that the world will need these energy resources, something like a 1/4 of the world's energy resources from an oil and gas perspective are in the arctic. so that's the -- in such a short period of time, that's really all i can tell you, it's all about doing that right, it's about the...
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. >> now, a discussion about the agenda for the 113th congress and the political environment this year. this is just under an hour. host: in our sunday roundtable two veterans of capitol. john freehery, longtime republican strategist and staffer to dennis hastert and jim manley, who worked for senators kennedy and reid. let's begin with the words of bob woodward it avoid the crisis next time try dell getting the job. players used their staff as messagers and backen but never empowered them to solve the problem. could the staffers have done better? guest: as a former staffer you always think that you know all the solutions but it is the members of congress and senators that have to face election. it is a lot easier to get in a back room without worrying about constituents and solve these problems. i know a lot of staffers would be mortified with what bob woodward had to say. guest: it didn't and it didn't work in the debt limit debacle. i have a lot of respect for bob woodward. i'm not not quite sure i understood what that was getting at. staffers can only go so far and it is up to memb
. >> now, a discussion about the agenda for the 113th congress and the political environment this year. this is just under an hour. host: in our sunday roundtable two veterans of capitol. john freehery, longtime republican strategist and staffer to dennis hastert and jim manley, who worked for senators kennedy and reid. let's begin with the words of bob woodward it avoid the crisis next time try dell getting the job. players used their staff as messagers and backen but never empowered...